A message of hope from Rumsfeld

"When it looks bleak, when one worries about how it's going to come out, when one reads and hears the naysayers and the doubters who say it can't be done, and that we're in a quagmire here," one should recall that there have been such doubters "throughout every conflict in the history of the world," Rumsfeld said.

"We want to think big," al-Yawar said. "We know the situation is tough, but I have no doubt in my mind that we will succeed. It's just a matter of time." (read Death)

Earthlink (AP report)

(Rumsfeld) ...said he has great confidence "in the center of gravity" of the American people to sort through all the coverage to come to their own conclusions, but that "what hurts most" is "vicious" misrepresentations by the Arab media. (See Death toll for Journalists highest in decade )



Mr Rumsfeld, above, gives hope. He recognises the centre of gravity of the American People and invites them to "sort through all the coverage" to come to their own conclusions.

With this pearl, that floated to the surface of the cesspit, Rumsfeld is at his most subversive. Indeed there is a lot of "sorting" to do. A good start, if not made already, would be the downloading of the Firefox 1.0 browser, and the utilisation of 'tabbed browsing'.